Consultant on Economic Diversification

United Nations Foundation (UN FOUNDATION)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Results of Service
Deliverables • A midterm evaluation report, together with findings, sector-specific evaluation, and suggestions for making certain a complete method to financial growth and enhancing financial diversification by the event of recognized sectors. Together with a strategic street map that anchors entry factors for the event of recognized sectors and their contributions to financial diversification. • The paper needs to be delivered in Arabic and needs to be most 25 pages lengthy and consists of the principle concepts introduced within the draft define beneath. The next is a common guideline of the construction and content material of the paper: I. Govt Abstract II. Introduction III. Analysis of the Financial Pillar throughout the NDP • Revision and evaluation of financial growth goals, methods, anticipated outcomes. • Nationwide financial progress expectations in line with worldwide greatest practices and benchmarks • Efficiency of general financial growth throughout the scope of NDP goals. • Identification of essential shortfalls and deficiencies. IV. Sector-Particular Evaluation for Financial Diversification • Evaluation of key sectors recognized for diversification (tourism, fisheries, mining, renewable vitality, logistics, IT, manufacturing) • Evaluation of aggressive benefit and market alternatives • Evaluation of sectors’ progress potential and strategic emphasis. V. Suggestions & Conclusion • Define of key findings, sector evaluation and strategic suggestions to advertise financial diversification and growth. • Define of suggestions to construct the roadmap for the eleventh 5-year Nationwide Plan • Shows summarizing key findings, challenges, alternatives, and suggestions for stakeholders. • Maintain in communication and collaborate with ESCWA’s focal factors to make sure the integrity of the paper consistent with ESCWA’s mandate and targets. • Along with the papers to be delivered, the guide ought to submit all relative annexes, references, tables, and graphs within the applicable format. • The paper needs to be submitted inside a interval of two.5 weeks from the contract signature date and in line with the final tips described above. • The skilled ought to take into account the participation within the consultative and stakeholders’ conferences will happen inside a 2 to three months interval. • The skilled shall decide to making use of any modifications to the paper ensuing from the consultative conferences and submit an up to date draft.
Work Location
Remotely
Anticipated period
4 weeks
Duties and Duties
Background: The target of the project is to conduct a radical mid-term overview of the Financial Pillar theme outlines within the tenth five-year Nationwide Improvement Plan, particularly throughout the scope of financial diversification, and assess its associated priorities, strategic targets, work applications together with Key Efficiency Indicators (KPIs). The consultancy thus goals to supply an in depth and complete evaluation of the financial growth pillar focused at completely understanding and strategizing Oman’s financial modernization and diversification efforts. Moreover, the consultancy will dive into sector-specific evaluation, additional assessing every sector’s potential progress. The objective is to supply useful insights, suggestions, and steerage for enhancing efficiency and diversification efforts for the remaining interval of the tenth 5-Yr Plan and the forthcoming eleventh 5-Yr NDP. Duties and Duties Evaluation of Improvement Plan: • Evaluation and analyze the financial growth goals, methods, anticipated outcomes, and particularly, the focused financial sectors for diversification as outlined within the plan. • Look at challenges and benchmarks as foundation to find out the areas of growth (what areas are lacking and/or what areas are emphasised) to enhance the efficiency in direction of the achievement of the strategic goals, and set up future insurance policies. . • Gather knowledge and analyze efficiency towards strategic goals: Gather and analyze knowledge on key financial indicators, sectoral efficiency, funding traits, and progress in direction of diversification. Particular consideration needs to be given to the potential financial sectors recognized for diversification, assessing their present state, progress potential, and the challenges they face. (to consider additionally the plan impression indicators that will improve the evaluation) • Ahead-Trying Suggestions: Determine essential shortfalls and deficiencies within the plan and key suggestions for the upcoming growth nationwide plan, particularly highlighting the areas/sectors which can be in dire want of enchancment. Sector-Particular Evaluation: • Conduct an evaluation of the recognized potential financial sectors for diversification. This could embrace sectors corresponding to agriculture, schooling, tourism, fisheries, Transportation and logistics companies, mining, info expertise, and transformative Industries • Consider the aggressive benefit, market alternatives, and worldwide benchmarks related to those sectors. • Assess every sector’s potential growth- by inspecting market measurement and progress traits to determine major drivers of progress and doable limitations that may limit sector enlargement. It may be additionally helpful to spotlight the sector with the best potential of progress, so it may be emphasised, and thus different sectors may gain advantage from a overview of their related work program implementation within the upcoming growth plan. Suggestions for Sector-Particular Methods: • Present actionable suggestions for the event of every recognized sector, together with coverage changes, strategic initiatives, to boost their contribution to financial diversification and financial growth. Together with insights and suggestions for insurance policies for the remaining interval of the tenth 5-Yr Plan and the forthcoming eleventh 5-Yr Plan. (Reminiscent of the necessity to undertake new insurance policies, corresponding to technological innovation, to maximise effectivity inside every diversified sector and guarantee and maintain effectivity). • Integration with World and Nationwide Targets: Make sure that the suggestions for sector growth and advised coverage reforms are aligned with Oman’s broader financial diversification targets and nationwide growth priorities, Oman’s Imaginative and prescient 2040, and their dedication to the SDGs wherein the methods themselves are sustainable. Structural evaluation: The guide is invited to look at the logical hyperlinks: a) between the work applications, strategic goals, and priorities to evaluate and promote result-based administration planning and show how they might be enhanced to realize the supposed outcomes and contribute to the belief of the 2040 imaginative and prescient. This can feed into and assist the general structural, procedural, and governance evaluation of the Plan accomplished by ESCWA. Stakeholder Engagement: • Take part and have interaction in consultative and stakeholder conferences with key stakeholders from the recognized sectors, together with authorities officers sectoral consultants, non-public sector representatives, and worldwide consultants to assemble enter and insights.
{Qualifications}/particular abilities
A sophisticated College diploma, Grasp’s diploma or equal in Economics, Public Coverage and Administration, Enterprise Analytics or another associated discipline is required. A primary-level college diploma together with qualifying expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the superior college diploma. PhD is fascinating. All candidates should submit a duplicate of the required instructional diploma. Incomplete functions is not going to be reviewed. A minimal of 5 years of expertise in Public coverage, Enterprise growth, or Financial growth is required. Expertise in analytical writing is required and evidenced by a document of related publications is required. Earlier expertise working with Omani officers is required.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this place, fluency in oral and written English is required. Fluency in oral and written Arabic is required. Observe: “Fluency” equals a ranking of ‘fluent’ in all 4 areas (communicate, learn, write, and perceive) and “Data of” equals a ranking of ‘assured’ in two of the 4 areas.
Further Info
Not accessible.
No Price
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.


Apply for job

To assist us monitor our recruitment effort, please point out in your cowl/motivation letter the place (globalvacancies.org) you noticed this job posting.

Job Location